Douglas C-47 Dakota / Skytrain: libros - historia (2/2)

Douglas DC-3 and C-47 in Latin American Military Service

This book examines in detail one aspect of the DC-3/C-47 history which is not that well known, the fact that DC-3s and their military equivalents and derivatives have been in continuous service in that geographically diverse region of the world known as Latin America for more than 75 years, longer than anywhere else in the world.

The DC-3 and C-47 came upon the scene at precisely the right moment in every nation. They were in use from the Rio Grande south all the way to Antarctica and from the remote Galapagos in the Pacific to the Antilles chain in the Caribbean.
As always, they were used as workhorses and heavy-lifters, but a significant number, surprisingly, saw combat service in a number of most exotic circumstances, both as ad hoc bombers and combat aircraft.
C-47s were not only the most numerous type in some national inventories, but often the most heavily utilised and valued.

Richly illustrated, with tables describing the often extraordinary individual services lives of each-and-every known aircraft, this is a testament to the men and women who, for three-quarters of a century, have sweated, cursed and yet loved these magnificent aircraft.

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C-47 Skytrain - The 'Gooney Bird' from Douglas (Legends of Warfare)

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El Douglas C-47 Skytrain y su homólogo cercano, el C-53 Skytrooper, fueron esenciales para el transporte aéreo estadounidense durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Estos aviones no solo transportaban carga, sino que también transportaban paracaidistas, incluso durante la invasión de Normandía. También remolcaban planeadores y tenían la notable capacidad de atrapar planeadores en el suelo mientras estaban en vuelo.
Basado en el Douglas DC-3, el C-47 sirvió en las fuerzas estadounidenses y aliadas en Corea y Vietnam, incluido el helicóptero artillado AC-47D fuertemente armado. Este volumen cubre el desarrollo de la aeronave, su uso militar y los detalles de su construcción.

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